Adjustable sifting assembly

Abstract

An adjustable sifting assembly for sifting granular food material includes a sleeve that is tapered thereby facilitating the sleeve to receive a granular food material such that the granular food material is urged toward a center of the sleeve. A plurality of screens is provided and a respective one of the screens is positionable in the sleeve. Each of the screens has a plurality of openings that is integrated into the screens thereby facilitating the screen that is positioned in the sleeve to sift the granular food material. In this way the screen that is positioned in the sleeve can remove dust and debris from the granular food material. The openings in each of the screens has a unique size with respect to a respective one of the screens thereby facilitating each of the screens to sift granular food items of varying sizes.

I claim: 
     
       1. An adjustable sifting assembly having a plurality of sifting screens for sifting a variety of granular food materials, said assembly comprising:
 a sleeve being tapered thereby facilitating said sleeve to receive a granular food material such that the granular food material is urged toward a center of said sleeve; 
 a plurality of screens, a respective one of said screens being positionable in said sleeve, each of said screens having a plurality of openings being integrated into said screens thereby facilitating said screen that is positioned in said sleeve to sift the granular food material wherein said screen that is positioned in said sleeve is configured to remove dust and debris from the granular food material, said openings in each of said screens having a unique size with respect to a respective one of said screens thereby facilitating each of said screens to sift granular food items of varying sizes; and 
 wherein said plurality of screens includes a first screen, a second screen and a third screen, each of said openings defined in said first screen having a length and a width being greater than said openings defined in said second screen and said third screen, each of said openings in said second screen having a length and a width being greater than said openings defined in said third screen. 
 
     
     
       2. The assembly according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 said sleeve has an upper end, a lower end and an outer wall extending between said upper end and said lower end, each of said upper end and said lower end being open; 
 said upper end is continuously arcuate about a central axis of said sleeve extending between said upper end and said lower end; 
 said lower end has a plurality of intersecting sides such that said lower end has a rectangular shape; 
 said outer wall tapers inwardly between said upper end and said lower end such that said upper end has a diameter being greater than a diagonal of said lower end; 
 said outer wall having an inner surface; and 
 said sleeve has a lip extending away from said inner surface of said outer wall, said lip being aligned with said lower end, said lip extending around each of said plurality of intersecting sides of said lower end. 
 
     
     
       3. The assembly according to  claim 1 , wherein each of said screens comprises:
 an outer frame having a pair of first members extending between and being perpendicularly oriented with a pair of second members such that said outer frame defines a rectangle, each of said first members and said second members having an inwardly facing surface being directed toward a center of said rectangle; 
 a plurality of primary members, each of said primary members having a first end and a second end, each of said first end and said second end of each of said primary members being coupled to said inwardly facing surface of a respective one of said first members, said primary members being spaced apart from each other and being distributed along said first members; and 
 a plurality of secondary members, each of said secondary members having a primary end and a secondary end, each of said primary end and said secondary end of each of said secondary members being coupled to said inwardly facing surface of a respective one of said second members, said secondary members being spaced apart from each other and being distributed along said second members such that a plurality of openings is defined between each of said primary members and each of said secondary members. 
 
     
     
       4. The assembly according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 said sleeve has an outer wall, said outer wall having an inner surface; 
 said sleeve having a lip extending away from said inner surface of said outer wall; and 
 each of said first members and said second members of said outer frame of a respective one of said first screen or said second screen or said third screen rests on said lip on said inner surface of said outer wall of said sleeve when said respective first screen or said second screen or said third screen is positioned in said sleeve. 
 
     
     
       5. An adjustable sifting assembly having a plurality of sifting screens for sifting a variety of granular food materials, said assembly comprising:
 a sleeve being tapered thereby facilitating said sleeve to receive a granular food material such that the granular food material is urged toward a center of said sleeve, said sleeve having an upper end, a lower end and an outer wall extending between said upper end and said lower end, each of said upper end and said lower end being open, said upper end being continuously arcuate about a central axis of said sleeve extending between said upper end and said lower end, said lower end having a plurality of intersecting sides such that said lower end has a rectangular shape, said outer wall tapering inwardly between said upper end and said lower end such that said upper end has a diameter being greater than a diagonal of said lower end, said outer wall having an inner surface, said sleeve having a lip extending away from said inner surface of said outer wall, said lip being aligned with said lower end, said lip extending around each of said plurality of intersecting sides of said lower end; and 
 a plurality of screens, a respective one of said screens being positionable in said sleeve, each of said screens having a plurality of openings being integrated into said screens thereby facilitating said screen that is positioned in said sleeve to sift the granular food material wherein said screen that is positioned in said sleeve is configured to remove dust and debris from the granular food material, said openings in each of said screens having a unique size with respect to a respective one of said screens thereby facilitating each of said screens to sift granular food items of varying sizes, each of said screens comprising:
 an outer frame having a pair of first members extending between and being perpendicularly oriented with a pair of second members such that said outer frame defines a rectangle, each of said first members and said second members having an inwardly facing surface being directed toward a center of said rectangle; 
 a plurality of primary members, each of said primary members having a first end and a second end, each of said first end and said second end of each of said primary members being coupled to said inwardly facing surface of a respective one of said first members, said primary members being spaced apart from each other and being distributed along said first members; and 
 a plurality of secondary members, each of said secondary members having a primary end and a secondary end, each of said primary end and said secondary end of each of said secondary members being coupled to said inwardly facing surface of a respective one of said second members, said secondary members being spaced apart from each other and being distributed along said second members such that a plurality of openings is defined between each of said primary members and each of said secondary members; 
 
 wherein said plurality of screens includes a first screen, a second screen and a third screen, each of said openings defined in said first screen having a length and a width being greater than said openings defined in said second screen and said third screen, each of said openings in said second screen having a length and a width being greater than said openings defined in said third screen; and 
 wherein each of said first members and said second members of said outer frame of a respective one of said first screen or said second screen or said third screen rests on said lip on said inner surface of said outer wall of said sleeve when said respective first screen or said second screen or said third screen is positioned in said sleeve.